It has been quite a long time since I’ve blogged, and I’m going to be honest — it feels pretty weird. About 12 years ago, I started a blog on Google’s Blogger platform when I was pregnant with my son, to kind of document the whole process. I had dabbled in blogging a few times (LiveJournal, MySpace) but that was the first one that stuck. I felt like I finally had something to write about when I had a child. Later, I used my blog to display photos and participate in weekly writing prompts, and met a lot of really nice people through it. I was always looking to create some sort of theme to my blog but I see now that it really was all about discovering myself. I’m hoping to continue on that journey now.

Things have changed a lot in the last four years since I stopped blogging. I (along with the rest of my team) was laid off from my job of 17 years, and I have had a couple of different jobs since then. I’m still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up! I had a lot less time in the last two years of the last blog since I had gotten divorced and was trying to do all the things for myself and my son. I still don’t have much free time but I am getting better at organizing myself. I met a very kind, smart, and handsome man and my son and I have been spending a lot of time with him and his two sons. That has been my favorite addition!

There are always a million things to do in a day, but I am hoping I can once again make time to write and to take photographs. I have missed these creative outlets and I think I could really use them. I know I’m not the best writer (I think I’m too “stiff”) but hopefully, I can share some ideas with others — and some photos.